Pygarctia eglenensis

Pygarctia eglenensis, the gray-winged pareuchaetes, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1861. It is found in the US states of Texas and Florida.[1][2]

Pygarctia eglenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pygarctia
Species:
P. eglenensis
Binomial name
Pygarctia eglenensis
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Euchaetes eglenensis Clemens, 1861
  • Ammalo eglenensis
  • Pareuchaetes eglenensis
  • Euchaetes vivida Grote, 1882

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Asclepias species.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia Grote, 1871". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants


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